Out of Life

Feb 14, 2020 — Featured this week are a letter from Hollis Frampton, a new issue of photogénie, a talk with Charles Burnett, and more.

Dec 20, 2019 — This week we’re spotlighting directors’ and writers’ appreciations of other directors and writers, plus Céline Sciamma and Agnès Varda.

Nov 11, 2019 — This month we’re reading about the women (and men) of Hollywood, weighing arguments from all corners, and picking up an overlooked novel.

Oct 3, 2019 — The director reunites with writer Jonathan Raymond and cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt for a quiet tale set in the Oregon Territory of the 1820s.

Jul 2, 2019 — The author of a book on method acting turns her attention to the performances in Do the Right Thing and the work of Juliette Binoche.

May 20, 2019 — For many, the semi-autobiographical film is one of Almodóvar’s best in years.

Nov 18, 2018 — This sensuous, sprawling epic, which Ingmar Bergman intended to be his swan song, offers an effortless summing up of the themes—among them family, identity, and mortality—he'd spent a career exploring.

Aug 31, 2018 — And a pillar of American film criticism falls.

Aug 30, 2018 — World premieres, the best of the fests, and half a dozen classics selected by guest director Jonathan Lethem.

Nov 7, 2017 — A haughty socialite is torn between the affections of three men in George Cukor’s blissful comedy of manners.